Kenya - Employer of Record (EOR)

✔ We get your team working in Kenya

✔ We handle all your payroll needs

✔ We ensure 100% compliance for your business

How will our Kenya Employer of Record Africa HR assist in growing your global business in Kenya?

Our solution flawlessly delivers employer of record services for customers that are looking to hire workers and handle payroll without establishing a branch office or subsidiary in Kenya. Your candidates are hired via Africa HR Solutions Kenya Employer of Record (EOR Kenya) in accordance with local labor laws and can be on-boarded in a few days rather than the months it usually takes. The new worker is assigned to work on your team, working on your institution’s behalf just as if he or she was your worker.

As always, we guarantee 100% compliance for your business in Africa.

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Overview of Kenya

Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country in Africa with 47 semi-autonomous counties governed by elected governors. It has an area of 580,367 square km. Nairobi is its capital and largest city. English and Swahili are its official languages. Kenyan shilling (KES) is its official currency. The abbreviation for Kenya is KY. Its five land bordering countries are Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Kenya lies on the equator in Eastern Africa and borders the Indian Ocean with a population estimated at 54,985,702 people.

New Year’s Day

Good Friday

Easter Monday

Labour Day

Madaraka Day

Mashujaa Day

Jamhuri (Independence) Day

Christmas Day

Boxing Day

Idd–ul-Fitr

Fixed and indefinite term employment contracts are permitted.

It is legally required to put a written employment contract in place in Kenya, in the local language, which spells out the terms of the employee’s compensation, benefits, and termination requirements. An offer letter and employment contract in Kenya should always state the salary and any compensation amounts in Kenyan shillings rather than a foreign currency.

The work week in Kenya is generally 45 hours.
In general, employees are entitled to 1.75 days of paid annual leave per month worked, or 21 days over the course of 12 months.
Employees are generally entitled to 14 days of paid sick leave per year. Employees must provide a medical certificate. The first 7 days are paid at 100%, the remaining days are paid at 50%.

Female employees are generally entitled to 3 months of paid maternity leave. Employees must give 7 days’ written notice before going on leave and may be required to present a medical certificate.

Fathers are entitled to two weeks of paid paternity leave.

Employers and employees each contribute 5% of wages to social security.

The NSSF was set to undergo drastic transformation following the enactment of the NSSF Act 2013, which became effective from 10 January 2014. However, the implementation of the new Act awaits conclusion of a pending court case. In the meantime, NSSF contributions are as per the provisions of the old Act (i.e. KES 200 for employer and KES 200 for employee).

Employees must also contribute 1% of wages to the National Hospital Insurance Fund.

Probationary terms of up to 6 months are generally permitted and may be renewed up to 12 months. Employees terminated during the probationary period should be given at least 7 days’ notice.

Employees who are paid on a monthly or longer basis must be given at least 28 days’ notice of termination.

Severance pay is only mandatory in cases of termination for redundancy. In general, employees are owed 15 days’ wages for each year of service.

How Africa HR Solutions Can Help You in Kenya

Our employer of record service helps organizations to process payroll in Kenya while Africa HR Solutions takes care of tax calculations, and compliance management matters are lifted out of their shoulders on ours. As an African Employer of Record expert, we manage labor best practices, statutory and local norm, benefits, and employee expenditures, as well as severance and termination if needed.

Also, we keep you updated of any amendments to local employment laws in Kenya.

When using our services, your new employee is up and ready even earlier, since he has a better hiring transition. You will have peace of mind knowing you have a group of dedicated employment specialists, backed by years of experience, assisting with every on-boarding.

Africa HR Solutions allows you to focus on running efficiently your core business.

KEVINA TAKOORDYAL

KEVINA TAKOORDYAL

HEAD OF OPERATIONS

Kevina Takoordyal has a BA Hons Business Management from the University of Glamorgan, UK, with MBA in leadership and Innovation, MBA General, PMP Certified, and Agile Scrum Master. She currently works as the Head of Operations at Africa HR Solutions Ltd with more than 20 years of proven leadership capabilities in Operations, Business Development, People Management, Process Optimization, and Project Management in the Financial Services, BPO, Banking Industry, and Heath Care Industry. In Senior leadership roles with an international footprint across Europe working and extensive Pan- African experience from a compliance, finance, and operations angle, Kevina comes across with a panoply of cross-functional skills. Kevina also serves on a few Boards, Non-Independent Executive at MioD and for NGOs on a voluntary basis, a coach and mentor to aspiring female leaders across Africa and Mauritius.

Kevina is a firm believer in Servant Leadership with a strong focus and commitment to uplifting others, with the ability to deliver through a highly engaged – diverse team, and works towards consistently synergistic value creation. While being a focused and adaptive thinker and Kevina is actively participating in panel discussions on Innovation, CX, Digital transformation.

Kevina serves as Project Assessor for the National Youth upskilling program. She has been recognized as Global Talent in a few companies, Ceridian, and International SOS Ltd whereby she has been awarded a few scholarships and had the opportunity to be mentored by Senior Vice President in the US. Award Winner in various fields and at a national level and recognized including Super Achiever Leader Award in Africa in 2016, Awarded Africa Women Leader 2018.

MARK DU PREEZ​

MARK DU PREEZ

Head of Legal & Compliance

A qualified lawyer who joined Africa HR Solutions in July 2020, Mark Du Preez has experience working in private practice for a reputable law firm in South Africa. He also played commercially focused roles at a leading private bank, wealth management company, and outsourcing firm in South Africa and Mauritius.

Mark has played a pivotal role in Africa HR Solution’s risk mitigation strategy, which positively impacted P&L performance over the years.

He currently leads the Partnerships function of the company including relationships and oversight with in-country partners (ICPs) across Africa.

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ALEX DARUTY

Head of Commercial

Alex has more than 15 years of experience in the global, strategic development of both enterprise and consumer brands in categories including technology, transport, enterprise software, entertainment, and travel.

With experience in roles on both agency and corporate side, he has worked across international brands and has led the development and execution of multi-discipline campaigns across EMEA, NORAM and Asia Pacific.

His focus is on driving meaningful business impact through brand differentiation and building high-functioning, digitally oriented, and analytically driven capabilities. He is motivated by working with, and developing dynamic people, teams, and organizations.

He leads, manages, develops and mentors the Key Account Management department, including line management responsibility for the team of Key Account Managers and Key Account Administrator who represent the Company as the primary communication link between all relevant stakeholders, including clients, third party in-country partners and internal functions.

Originally from Mauritius, he holds bachelor’s degrees in International Business, Finance and Management from the University of Nevada, Reno.